IS lT HARD TO REPLACE A MOTHERBOARD?

Question

I have a pc with the motherboard messed up, when i turn it on the motherboard senses the pc but stays shut like the orange light says on (like turning ur pc off). I tried every part every, thing known to man and, i concluded that its the motherboard messed up, but i want to know if its hard to put in a new board? Will i have to re-put thermal gel on the processor?

Answer 1

no its rather simple, it takes some time but you are satisfised with the end result

Answer 2

No it's not hard

Yes you will need to put new CPU paste on.

If you know what your doing it's easy.

May sound a silly question but have you reset BIOS ? and have you tried another PSU ?

Answer 3

How handy are you with disassembling and reassembling electronics? It's not rocket science, but it's not trivial either. If you can get an exact replacement for the make/model you have, that will solve a few problems. If not, after making the swap, you should probably plan on doing a complete reinstall of the operating system (and all apps as well).

There are a number of sites on the Internet that tell you how to build a PC from components. Essentially, you will be doing that with a precursor of first disassembling your PC. (Think of it as building the PC in reverse.) It may be helpful to take close-up pictures of the current motherboard in order to later identify where the cards and cables go.

You will need to remove all the drive and power cables from the motherboard and all cards (video, sound, etc) inserted into PCI/AGP/PCIe slots. Then you will have to unscrew the 6-9 screws that hold the motherboard to of the case. In order to get the clearance you need to get the motherboard out, you may have to remove the power supply, hard drives, optical (e.g., CD-ROM) drive(s), and/or floppy drive.

One of the trickier things you may find are getting the front panel connections right (power, reset, front panel audio [if any], front panel USB/firewire [if any], hard drive light, etc.) The connectors are small and have +/- polarity in some cases. Every motherboard is different in exactly where each of these would connect (although the power, reset, HD light, and internal speaker are usually grouped together in a corner of the motherboard.

Answer 4

Not hard--just time consuming. Should always clear the paste off with Isopropyl alcohol and put fresh paste on every time you pull the heatsink off the cpu. If you're looking to just replace the board get a board with the same chipset as your old board. That way you dont have to reinstall the OS and wont lose your vids pics docs etc. Make sure you pull the old I/O shield in back of case out and put the one for the new board in and check your stand-offs. Probably have to move them around to line up with the mounting holes on the board. You dont want a copper stand-off pressing against the back of the board unless its at a hole. Also make sure you dont have a proprietory board. If it has a ribbon cable running from a slot on the board to a circuit on front of the case that's a proprietory board and a standard board wont work with that case. You would then need a new case.

Answer 5

If you mother board messes up, then it's best to buy a new computor.  Mother boards are expensive and if it has had problems, then most likely it'll mess up again.  My cousin went to school for computors and told me that when mine messed up.

Answer 6

if nit is a desktop it is not that hard i've done it 2 to 3 times and yes you will have to reaoply the thermal gel if you know any thing about an engin it is just like taking off the head the gasktet will be blown and needs to be replaced